Yopy » Hong Kong

On my weekend at Window of The World, Shenzhen

yopy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:02:44 +0000

Last week, my family was in town and I accompanied them to Shenzhen. We cleared the immigration at Shenzhen Bay. I like this immigration check point. Not many people and when you cross over the China side. Not many people hassling you for taxi.

We went out to the Window of World. A place that showcase miniature stuff of the world.

Me…behind me was the Angkor Wat in miniature size.

The hotel room. We stayed at Grand View Hotel at Nan Shan commercial district. The hotel location is very convenient. Next to a mall that have all kind of food. The only con about the this hotel is ….most of the room has no window.

All kind of food…products…on this mall. You never feel you left hong kong. I found this blog talked about this Coastal City Mall…here

On bumming around Lan Kwai Fong, Central

yopy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:22:01 +0000

I was bumming around Lan Kwai Fong area because I need to check out some baking pan prices for my sis. Not much happening lately… I am just lazying at home trying to revive my pda after a hard reset….

Took some pix that I want to share…

At the traffic light, going up to D’Aguilar Street.

Newspaper stands… there are lot of these newspaper stands. Some has been around on the same spot for the last 20 years or so…How they do it??? I wanna know…

Trams…when your are in town, check it out. Their website is here.

California Tower on Lan Kwai Fong street. This is where Webwednesday is held every month.

Some huge signage in Hong Kong.

Another shot on D’Aguilar street…

On How To Setup PCCW 3G Web & Talk

yopy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:08:31 +0000

Recently, I signed up the PCCW 3G Web & Talk. They must have one of the worst support that I have ever had.

Their website does not tell you how to setup the GPRS setting, voicemail, email, and wifi. After a week of pestering PCCW customer service. Finally, they send me an email on how to do the setup.

So, I am posting it here in case someone has the same problem. I don’t how they sell their stuff without after sales support.

GPRS Setting

CLICK “START”  “SETTINGS”  “CONNECTIONS”  “CONNECTIONS”
 “ADVANCED” “SELECT NETWORKS”  “NEW”
Insert the below information:
Name: PCCW 3G

CHOOSE MODEM>NEW
1.) ENTER A NAME FOR THESE SETTINGS:
Name: PCCW 3G GPRS
2.) SELECT A MODEM:
Cellular Line (GPRS,3G)
3.) CLICK ” NEXT”
ACCESS POINT NAME: pccw
4.) CLICK ” NEXT”
USERNAME / PASSWORD / GATEWAY: (leave it blank)
5.) CLICK” FINISH”
6.) CLICK ” PROXY SETTING”
CHOOSE “THIS NETWORK CONNECTS TO THE INTERNET”&”THIS NETWORK USES A PROXY SERVER TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET”
7.) PROXY SERVER INSERT: 10.140.14.10
8.) CLICK ”ADVANCED”
HTTP>SERVER:10.140.14.10 PORT:8080
WAP>SERVER:10.140.14.10 PORT:9201
9.) ”FINISH”

MMS Setting

CLICK “START”  MESSAGE CENTERTOOLSMMS SETTINGMMS SERVER“NEW”
INSERT THE BELOW INFORMATIONS:
PROXY SERVER: PCCW MMS
GATEWAY:10.140.14.10
PORT: 9201
SERVER IP: http://3gmms.pccwmobile.com:8080/was
LIMIT: 250KB
DATA CONNECT: CHOOSE ”PCCW 3G”
WAP GATEWAY: CHOOSE ”WAP 1.2”

WIFI

I use PPC with WM5 and WM6. When you pick up the Wifi signal. Open your browser, sign using the monthly payment plan. There is drop-down box with the default ‘netvigator.com’. Click on the drop-down box and find the ‘pccw mobile’.

Your login id is your phone number and the password is your six digit HKID number.

or you can go to their website and download the user-guide. It’s pretty straight forward.

Voicemail

Call - 6388-8892 and just follow instruction.

Email

I received my first bill and I still don’t know the smtp for the outgoing email. I can received but I can’t send out.

For me, the WiFi everywhere drawn me to this plan. PCCW has one of largest hotspots in Hong Kong. When you in need of WiFi, you can pick-up from MTR, Starbucks, Pacific Coffee, 7-Eleven, Circle K and others. It’s the support that I am quite tick-off.

Technorati Tags: PCCW, 3G, Web & Talk

On The Bank Run At BEA

yopy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:22:06 +0000

I was heading home and came to see the crowd at BEA. Some dude or syndicate spread some rumors on BEA financial stability and everybody runs to the bank to withdraw their money.

Check out the crowd…

Check out the slides.

This is not a weak bank. I look at their P&L. The bank is sound. Profit continue to growth year on year. Why someone want to spread rumor on this bank???

Anyway, I don’t think any bank will go down in Hong Kong because Bush has make a precedent on saving everything on the U.S. soil. When Don Corleone is doing this, everyone can do it…so..no worries.

On Typhoon Hagupit - Category 8

yopy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:04:38 +0000

Well…finally this time I was able to catch a glimpse of what Typhoon Category 8 (some call it number 8 but I called it category 8 ) is all about.

Check out the sky…

On the minibus…

My umbrella….broken in two. This is my fourth umbrella this year.

Captured the sound of the winds…

On Thestandard.com.hk flip newspaper

yopy — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:35:26 +0000

My hat-off goes to thestandard.com.hk for bringing the entire newspaper in flip page mode. I have always said during my kopitiam talk with my friends. Since thestandard.com.hk is offering free newspaper on print, why not offer the entire contents on the net. Now, they have done it…Congratulation.

I have said to myself (hhehehe)..I really want to head the online division of The Standard because I really think I can give scmp.com a run for the money. There are some much stuff I can do on thestandard.com.hk. Unfortunately, I am at my computer bullshitting about what I can do…

At this point, I want to give a suggestion to thestandard.com.hk (like if they listened to me..hehee). They should make their width dynamic rather than a fixed width.

On catching a glimpse on the election debate

yopy — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:50:35 +0000

I was bumming around Olympic Station and caught NOW was setting up the debate for all the candidate. I took some pix. Not because I support any of the candidate but more of photo opportunity.

Check out all the gadget…

One of the candidate…

All of them in action….

The supporters took up 2 floors of the mall.

An interesting concept…debating politics in the mall…

On trying to get a feel of the Olympic mood

yopy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:31:03 +0000

I was trying to get a feel of the Olympic mood in HK and I went straight down to Tsim Sha Tsui to check if there is anything out there. They put up a HK piazza for everyone the check it out. It free…

The horse…

The 5 mascot…

I just want to show the whole stretch of the piazza.

Since I was at Tsim Sha Tsui…why not…took some pix of the Victoria Harbour.

Finally able to take a pix of the Aqualuna.

On my first year in Hong Kong

yopy — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:03:21 +0000

My first anniversary in Hong Kong. Any celebration? Nope….just another day passed-by.

How is it..so far?
Well…it really has been miraculous and I called this my/our (me & my wife) excellent adventure. Hong Kong is our third migration and I think Hong Kong is the last stop for us. The last two was Los Angeles and Malaysia.

Met many new friends. You can see the picture on my blog. I hang with them all the time.

Why I say miraculous?
Well…I have always blamed the Big Kahuna for not fullfilling what he said. He always said ‘ Asked and Ye shall be Given’, ‘ Knock and the Door will Open’ and ‘Seek and Ye shall find’. I never did find any in Malaysia.

But in Hong Kong…thing start to change…I asked and it was given. Not what I fully wanted but I was given a little. I can see and feels everything starts to slowly opening up. That is why..I am just enjoying the moment in HK and I have to admit the Big Kahuna is looking over my shoulders. My name is ~~still~~ on his database.

Taken at Interlaken OCTEast Hotel, Shenzhen

Can I take the pace in Hong Kong?

Well…They are fast. There are two things I observed. Preplan and Ad-hoc activities. They are very fast in doing Ad-Hoc stuff. Because of their speed, most of the time on the Preplan stuff, they tend to do it last minute. I can’t do Ad-Hoc stuff fast but I can achieve Preplan stuff on time or sometime ahead of schedule. So far…I can compete…

Moving forward

Well, my first priority is my ~~market speculation~~/trading. I have been off-track on my trading. I need to get back into the game. My trading partners are coming back online,too. So..thing are looking good…

I have been tinkering on some other net stuff and the rest is just enjoying the moment…

On how to get to Sincere Podium, the gadget paradise in HK

yopy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:50:27 +0000

Hongkong Phooey did an awesome article on how to get to Sincere Podium (先達廣場) at his Cnet column. A favorite place of mine, too.

When it comes to shopping, everyone knows that Hong Kong is one of the best places to shop, especially for electronic goods. For us gadgeteers, it’s also a mobile phone hub as one can get hold of those new models, fine accessories, and sometimes bargain deals. Been asked a lot on my blog and during conversations with tourists on how to get to one place in particular, the Sincere Podium, better known as Sintat Centre (先達廣場), the ultimate shopping paradise for mobile phones and accessories.?

Here, you can find unlocked iPhone 3Gs, the iPhone look-alike Meizu and tons of other goodies. More

Click on the more to check out his article and he included a video on how to get there.

I usually hang out there to check out PDAs and Camera. This place has great prices on parallel imports and used gadgets.